Intellectual Creativity in First-Year Composition Classes

Heidi Wall Burns has over 15 years of experience teaching introductory courses in first year composition, literature, and speech. She has an M.A. in English from Iowa State University. Michael MacBride received his Ph.D. in English from Southern Illinois University, Carbondale, in 2014, his M.A. in Literature from Minnesota State University, Mankato, and his B.S. in Creative Writing from Eastern Michigan University. He teaches English, Literature, and Humanities courses.

Foreword—Sarah Brown Wessling
Chapter 1: Justification of the MGRP in the Freshman Composition Classroom
Chapter 2: Self-contained MGRP
Chapter 3: Whole semester adaptation of the MGRP
Chapter 4: Plug-in Activities
Introduction
Plug-in Activity 1: Analyzing Genre Using Newspapers
Plug-in Activity 2: Audience Awareness Activity
Plug-in Activity 3: Evaluating Websites using CRAAP
Plug-in Activity 4: Teaching Students About Genre: Writing About the Weather
Plug-in Activity 5: How to Write a Process
Plug-in Activity 6: Infographic-Making
Plug-in Activity 7: Library scavenger hunt
Plug-in Activity 8: Practicing Research Skills: APA Library Research
Plug-in Activity 9: Summarizing Using Stories
Chapter 5: Evaluation and Assessment
Appendices
Appendix A: Assignment Sheet for MGRP Self-Contained Unit
Appendix B: MGRP Topic Proposal handout for self-contained unit
Appendix C: Assignment sheet for whole-semester adaptation
Appendix D: Assignment sheet for Assignment #1: Overview/Summary/Background
Appendix E: Workshop for assignment #1 MGRP self-contained unit
Appendix F: Checklist for Workshop day
Appendix G: Assignment sheet for Assignment #2: Annotated Bibliography
Appendix H: Assignment sheet for Assignment. #3: Self Reflection
Appendix I: Final Workshop for MGRP self-contained unit
Appendix J: List of former student topics
Appendix K: Formal Submission Expectations for MGRP self-contained unit
Appendix L: MGRP Grading Rubric for Whole Semester Assignment
Appendix M: MGRP Grading Rubric for self-contained unit
Appendix N: List of Potential Genres
Bibliography
About the Authors
Acknowledgments
Index